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Erin Byrnes Class: Junior Hometown: Sayville, N.Y. High School: Saint Anthony's Height: 5-8 Position: Forward Birthdate: 07/29/1988

On Byrnes: Extremely talented player ... Strong on the ball and is capable of being one of the team's top scorers ... Possesses great quickness on the front line and is an outstanding 1-on-1 player ... Will compete for one of the starting roles on the front line and is poised for a breakout season.

Career: Has played in 42 games with 22 starts in two seasons and has shown the potential to be a top scorer ... Owns totals of nine goals and six assists for 24 points in her collegiate career ... Has three career game-winning goals, all of which have come in 1-0 victories ... Has scored her nine goals on 51 shots, including 23 shots on goal ... In regular season BIG EAST games has started 13 of 22 games played with totals of four goals, two assists and 10 points.

2007: Saw action in 20 games and made nine starts ... Led the team with five assists and ranked third in scoring with four goals and 13 total points ... Took 27 shots and scored on four of her 13 shots on goal ... Had a career-best game against St. Peter's in which she tallied three goals and three assists for a career-high nine points ... That effort earned her BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week honors ... Scored the game-winning goal with just 2:46 remaining in second and final overtime period against Louisville, marking the second straight year she had scored the game's lone goal in a win over the Cardinals ... Her other assists came against Virginia Commonwealth and DePaul ... Started five of 11 regular season BIG EAST games.

2006: Became a scoring threat for the Wildcats and started 13 of 22 games played ... Wound up second on the team in scoring with five goals and 11 points ... Also had one assist ... Started in each of the last 11 games of the season and had three goals and one assist in that span ... Notched two game-winning goals, both in 1-0 games ... Her first collegiate goal beat LSU in double overtime in what had been a scoreless game ... Also notched the game-winner and only goal in a win over Louisville ... Earned BIG EAST Rookie of the Week honors for her efforts in that game ... Scored both of the team's goals in a 4-2 loss to Notre Dame ... Tallied a goal against Colgate and an assist against DePaul ... Started eight of 11 games in BIG EAST regular season play and had three goals, one assist and seven points ... Tied for the team lead with the three goals and was one point away from sharing the team lead in conference games.

Club Team and ODP Experience: Club team is Commack Emeralds ... A teammate of fellow freshman Kelly Eagan ... Three-time Eastern New York state champions ... Region I finalist in 2005 and semifinalist in 2004 ... Ranked as high as third in the nation ... Five-year member of New York State ODP team as well as two-year member of Region I team and the national pool.

Saint Anthony's High School: Played for a team that won the 2005 CHSAA state championship and was ranked fourth in the entire nation ... Also lettered one year in indoor track.

Academic and Community Honors: BIG EAST Academic All-Star ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Principal's List all four years in high school.

Personal: Born 7/29/88 in Bethpage, N.Y. ... One of four children of Jack and Kim Byrnes ... Siblings are Courtney (23), Terence (21) and Shannon (17) ... Brother, Terence, graduated from Villanova in 2008 and ran for the cross country and track teams ... Chose to attend Villanova because of its excellent academic reputation, its religious affiliation and the traditional success of the women's soccer program ... Undecided on college major.